diff --git a/code/modules/tgui/tgui_alert.dm b/code/modules/tgui/tgui_alert.dm
index dc309cbe2b3..a9d87e14005 100644
--- a/code/modules/tgui/tgui_alert.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tgui/tgui_alert.dm
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
  * * timeout - The timeout of the alert, after which the modal will close and qdel itself. Set to zero for no timeout.
  */
 /proc/tgui_alert(mob/user, message = null, title = null, list/buttons = list("Ok"), timeout = 0)
+	if (istext(buttons))
+		stack_trace("tgui_alert() received text for buttons instead of list")
+		return
+	if (istext(user))
+		stack_trace("tgui_alert() received text for user instead of list")
+		return
 	if (!user)
 		user = usr
 	if (!istype(user))
@@ -38,6 +44,12 @@
  * * timeout - The timeout of the alert, after which the modal will close and qdel itself. Disabled by default, can be set to seconds otherwise.
  */
 /proc/tgui_alert_async(mob/user, message = null, title = null, list/buttons = list("Ok"), datum/callback/callback, timeout = 0)
+	if (istext(buttons))
+		stack_trace("tgui_alert() received text for buttons instead of list")
+		return
+	if (istext(user))
+		stack_trace("tgui_alert() received text for user instead of list")
+		return
 	if (!user)
 		user = usr
 	if (!istype(user))
@@ -138,7 +150,7 @@
 	var/datum/callback/callback
 
 /datum/tgui_modal/async/New(mob/user, message, title, list/buttons, callback, timeout)
-	..(user, title, message, buttons, timeout)
+	..(user, message, title, buttons, timeout)
 	src.callback = callback
 
 /datum/tgui_modal/async/Destroy(force, ...)
diff --git a/code/modules/tgui/tgui_input_list.dm b/code/modules/tgui/tgui_input_list.dm
index 906f37f2422..9c27467d25b 100644
--- a/code/modules/tgui/tgui_input_list.dm
+++ b/code/modules/tgui/tgui_input_list.dm
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
  * * timeout - The timeout of the input box, after which the input box will close and qdel itself. Set to zero for no timeout.
  */
 /proc/tgui_input_list(mob/user, message, title, list/buttons, timeout = 0)
+	if (istext(user))
+		stack_trace("tgui_alert() received text for user instead of list")
+		return
 	if (!user)
 		user = usr
 	if(!length(buttons))
@@ -40,6 +43,9 @@
  * * timeout - The timeout of the input box, after which the menu will close and qdel itself. Set to zero for no timeout.
  */
 /proc/tgui_input_list_async(mob/user, message, title, list/buttons, datum/callback/callback, timeout = 60 SECONDS)
+	if (istext(user))
+		stack_trace("tgui_alert() received text for user instead of list")
+		return
 	if (!user)
 		user = usr
 	if(!length(buttons))